Anyone else training in a hotel gym with three machines?

Monday at 10:44 PM 757 views 6 posts

Currently perched on the edge of a hotel bed in a town I still can't pronounce, debating whether the "fitness center" down the hall technically counts as a gym. It's one treadmill, a bike with a dead screen, and a dumbbell rack that leaps from 5 straight to 40 with nothing in between.

My whole routine on the road right now is about 25 minutes of walking plus three rounds of goblet squats, one-arm rows, and push-ups. Takes exactly as long as my coffee takes to cool down, which feels like a fair trade.

Four cities in nine days and I've moved in every single one. Nothing heroic — some days it's a proper session, some days it's pacing the hallway during a long conference call. I just want to walk through my front door feeling like a person instead of a rolling suitcase.

What's your fallback when the hotel gym is basically a sad little room with a broken bike? Preferably something that doesn't require trusting the carpet.

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Been there: one treadmill, broken bike, and a dumbbell rack that skips adolescence.

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That 5-to-40 gap is the real fitness test. I’d do goblet squats and count hauling bags as cardio.

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hotel gym bingo: one treadmill, one bike with a dead screen, and dumbbells that skip every useful weight. I’ve started treating the 40s as a feature: goblet squats, suitcase carries down the hallway with my carry-on, and push-ups off the bench. I also ask housekeeping for two extra towels to use as a floor mat. Tracking-wise, I log it as “Hotel Circuit” and count 20 minutes of incline walking + 3 rounds as a win. Does your place have stairs? Hotel stairwells are secretly the best machine there.

That leap from tiny to enormous is its own workout: humility. I’ve made peace with the silent bike.

ugh, the 5-to-40 dumbbell cliff is real. I’ve stayed in a place where the “gym” was two machines and a yoga mat with a suspicious stain

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